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1st Update 2021: The Commonwealth’s Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace

February 9, 2021 by AC Editor

Our first update of the year features the latest CAR data as of November 2020

As with our recent review of the Private Passenger Auto Insurance Marketplace, the following is Agency Checklists’ last bi-monthly update of 2020. Every two months, Agency Checklists checks in on the latest data to give a snapshot of the current state of the commercial automobile insurance marketplace in Massachusetts.

All of the data presented here is provided courtesy of the Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers and represents the state of the market as of September 2020. For those unfamiliar with the Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurer, “CAR” is the official statistical agent for motor vehicle insurance in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


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An overview of the U.S. commercial auto insurance marketplace as a whole

According to the latest data from The National Association of Insurance Commissioners and outlined in our 2020 report, the Direct Written Premium for the top 25 commercial auto insurers in the U.S. was approximately $45,141,569,289 in 2019.

Of this group of the nation’s largest commercial auto insurers, Liberty Mutual was the only company based in Massachusetts who made the list. The Boston-based insurer is ranked as the third-largest commercial auto insurer with $1,888,125,510 in Direct Premiums Written and a 4.18% share of the national marketplace.


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An overview of the Commercial Auto insurance marketplace

According to the latest data on the Commercial Auto Insurance marketplace in the Commonwealth, there are currently 193 companies that are licensed to write commercial auto insurance here.

The latest figures from the Division of Insurance state that the Total Direct Written premium for the entire marketplace was $916,026,84 in 2019, an increased from 2018 when it was $855,021,922.


A majority of the top Commercial Auto Insurers are Massachusetts-based

Three of the other top 10 commercial auto carriers operating in the Commonwealth that are also based here remained unchanged:  Plymouth Rock (6th), Liberty Mutual (8th), and The Hanover (10th). The following three graphs show the evolution of this marketplace over the past decade with looks at the makeup in NOVEMBER 2010, NOVEMBER 2015, and NOVEMBER 2020.

Similar to other years, the top three commercial auto insurers in the Commonwealth continue to be Massachusetts-based, Commerce (MAPFRE), Safety, and Arbella, with a combined market share of 38.96%.


A Breakdown of the Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace by Premiums and Market Share

Below is a list of all of the insurance companies that currently write commercial auto in Massachusetts, along with how much they have written and how big their market share is as of May 2020. Some interesting things to note:

  • MAPFRE/Commerce’s market share has increased as of November 2020 with it now representing a 15.28% share of the market as opposed to Safety’s 12.80% share.
  • After MAPFRE and Safety, Arbella continues to be the third-largest commercial auto insurer with an 10.88% market share.
  • In a decade, Travelers has moved from the top spot in this marketplace down to the 4th position with a 7.78% market share.
  • Progressive and Plymouth Rock round out the top six insurers and are separated by just a difference of 0.34%.

COMPANYPREMIUMSMA MARKET SHARE
1. COMMERCE130,724,07715.28%
2. SAFETY109,513,23612.80%
3. ARBELLA93,113,84110.88%
4. TRAVELERS66,581,4957.78%
5. PROGRESSIVE50,551,3715.91%
6. PLYMOUTH ROCK47,625,5145.57%
7. TOKIO MARINE & NACHIDO34,548,1334.04%
8. LIBERTY MUTUAL INS33,203,4913.88%
9. FIREMAN’S31,774,4383.71%
10. HANOVER28,613,5533.34%
11. ZURICH22,129,5312.59%
12. SELECTIVE INSURANCE18,383,1282.15%
13. UTICA17,023,6771.99%
14. TWIN CITY FIRE INS14,512,6491.70%
15. NATIONAL GRANGE13,646,8421.59%
16. OLD REPUBLIC9,353,0931.09%
17. NEW HAMPSHIRE8,930,1161.04%
18. GREAT AMERICAN8,870,8781.04%
19. AMERICAN CASUALTY8,634,7431.01%
20. EMPLOYERS MUTUAL8,422,7720.98%
21. FEDERATED MUTUAL8,018,7100.94%
22. ARGONAUT INSURANCE COMPANY7,555,0650.88%
23. FARM FAMILY7,126,7630.83%
24. N&D MUTUAL6,672,9950.78%
25. GREEN MOUNTAIN6,657,0340.78%
26. US FIRE6,040,9920.71%
27. BANKERS5,872,5850.69%
28. MERCH MUTUAL4,865,1380.57%
29. CENTRAL MUTUAL INS4,427,3980.52%
30. HARLEYSVILLE INS4,198,9740.49%
31. MIDDLESEX INS CO4,067,4950.48%
32. QUINCY MUTUAL3,984,8650.47%
33. ARCH3,018,1040.35%
34. STARR INDEMNITY2,625,9120.31%
35. MOTORISTS2,466,7210.29%
36. NEW YORK AND GENERAL INS2,429,0760.28%
37. PREFERRED MUTUAL2,188,1320.26%
38. STATE AUTO2,032,3870.24%
39. IMPERIUM1,395,8520.16%
40. GREENWICH1,358,7460.16%
41. FEDERAL1,263,5100.15%
42. ATLANTIC SPECIALTY1,227,1890.14%
43. CINCINNATI1,079,5740.13%
44. LANCER INSURANCE CO.920,1000.11%
45. PENN LUMBERMENS846,3960.10%
46. PENN MNFCT ASSC INS822,1290.10%
47. SOMPO AMERICA701,2320.08%
48. AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE685,9590.08%
49. STARSTONE NATIONAL648,3000.08%
50. CHURCH MUTUAL621,2040.07%
51. SECURITY NATIONAL586,0950.07%
52. EVEREST NATIONAL571,4330.07%
53. ALLIED WORLD SPECIALTY466,7840.05%
54. QBE463,3320.05%
55. AXIS REINSURANCE362,7580.04%
56. MITSUI SUMITOMO323,4150.04%
57. AMICA MUTUAL223,9480.03%
58. RLI151,8930.02%
59. GUIDEONE MUTUAL146,8510.02%
60. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY97,4940.01%
61. STATE FARM77,7710.01%
62. HARCO NATIONAL65,2320.01%
63. MARKEL52,6630.01%
64. CUMIS44,2000.01%
65. PROTECTIVE40,3370.00%
66. AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE30,8430.00%
67. NORTH AMERICAN SPECIALTY27,8490.00%
68. T.H.E. INS CO22,4970.00%
69. HDI GLOBAL8,0290.00%
70. AMERICAN FAMILY7810.00%
TOTAL855,739,320100.00%

November 2020


November 2015


November 2010


Compare all of our 2020 Market Share Update Reports

For those interested in reviewing all of our bi-monthly updates throughout 2020 to get a sense of how the Commercial Auto Insurance marketplace has evolved over the past year, please find links to Agency Checklists’ five other updates below:

  • 1st Look 2020: The Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace In Massachusetts
  • 2nd Look 2020: The Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace In Massachusetts
  • 3rd Look 2020: The Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace In Massachusetts
  • 4th Look 2020: The Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace In Massachusetts
  • 5th Look 2020: The Commercial Auto Insurance Marketplace In Massachusetts
  • Last Look 2020: The Commercial Auto Insurance Market Share In Massachusetts

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